Regina Miranda, Ph.D.

New paper out on emotion reactivity, parent-child conflict resolution, and suicide ideation among adolescents, after 2 years and 3 months (4 rounds) of peer review in the journal. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/share/author...

She’s trading NY for MA; just dropped off our eldest for her first year of college! Take good care of her, @umassamherst.bsky.social!

Urban Heat Dome May Be Programming Behavioral Problems in Unborn Children New study by Graduate Center researchers identifies hormone pathway connecting environmental exposures to child development.

New research by Distinguished Prof. Yoko Nomura suggests that the combined effect of summer heat and urban air pollution may trigger hormonal changes in children, with long-term consequences on their behavioral development www.gc.cuny.edu/news/urban-h...

Very proud of this effort and the resultant scale, and major kudos to Morgan Robison for taking the lead on the manuscript! We appreciate the shoutout, @klonskylab.bsky.social!

QuERBY Prospective Graduate Student FAQ FAQs: Applying to the Queen’s Emotions and Risky Behaviours in Youth (QuERBY) Laboratory as a Prospective Graduate Student Jeremy G. Stewart, PhD, C.Psych Associate Professor in Psychology, Psychiatr...

I’ll be recruiting a new graduate student member to our lab this cycle. I am reviewing applications for our clinical, cognitive-neuroscience, or developmental area. The FAQ below describes the lab’s research foci and answers common questions. Reposts appreciated!

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Lovely to see the entire first-year cohort of the Health Psychology and Clinical Science doctoral program in the 4th photo!

Proud of my thegraduatecenter.bsky.social’s doctoral student Lucy Liotta for contributing to this paper led by Colette Vaughan from Erik Benau’s lab (SUNY Old Westbury). https://psycnet.apa.org/doi/10.1037/ort0000864

Thank you for highlighting this work led by @thegraduatecenter.bsky.social alumni Bev Rosario-Williams and Jorge Valderrama.

Why Some Elephants Take More Risks Around People Than Others CUNY Graduate Center alumna Sarah Jacobson found that wild elephants closer to farms are more curious around and attracted to new objects — insights that may help reduce human-elephant conflict.

Elephants who live near people behave differently.
Alumna @sarahljacobson.bsky.social and Prof. Joshua Plotnik reveal that curiosity may be key to understanding — and reducing — human-elephant conflict www.gc.cuny.edu/news/why-som...

Pleased to share new pub on "Physiological and cognitive reactivity to social exclusion among emerging adults with versus without a suicide attempt history," led by Beverlin Rosario-Williams & Jorge Valderrama, w/co-authors Evan Gilmer & Florissell Rosales. authors.elsevier.com/sd/article/S...

Pleased to have been part of the team that contributed to this recently published paper on the development of the External Emotion Regulation Questionnaire, led by Mariah Xu, w/Grace Cho, Cindy Veldhuis, & measure developer Brett Marroquin. link.springer.com/article/10.1...

Laura Westengard, JD Winters, Madeleine Miller, and James M. Saslow

From groundbreaking donations to new academic certificates, the Graduate Center is leading the way in advancing LGBTQ+ scholarship and services during this crucial time www.gc.cuny.edu/news/graduat...
@crankyqueer.org @dagerstner.bsky.social @mattbrim.bsky.social

Congrats to our @huntercollege.bsky.social graduates!

How to Apply | PhD, Clinical/Counseling Psychology Instructions on how to apply for the PhD in Clinical/Counseling Psychology

Excited that Dr. Lillian Polanco-Roman is joining the faculty at NYU Steinhart this Fall. Prospective PhD students interested in youth suicide prevention & mental health equity will have an option in NYC this upcoming cycle, as she will be accepting a student: steinhardt.nyu.edu/degree/phd-c...

I'm excited to be on the Advisory Committee for @DecolonizingWealth’s new #LiberatedCapital Youth Mental Health Fund—a $20M fund expanding access to culturally responsive care. Funding opportunity is now open. More @ bit.ly/ymhfund #decolonizingwealth

Counting down the days til our #ABCTStudentSymposium2025! Be sure to register on our website & check out our program: 1a812b7f-01db-43fd-b528-3a2cdc1be9c4.filesusr.com/ugd/3a1e4b_a...

Lower- versus Higher-Order Suicide-Related Attentional Processing Measures as Predictors of Adolescent Suicide Ideation and Attempt -- paper led by @huntercollege.bsky.social alum A. Shikh, w/J. Mañaná, S. Myruski, C. Rombola, M. Weierich, A. Ortin-Peralta, & me. authors.elsevier.com/a/1l0iNbZg7T...

The college decision has been made, a deposit paid, and in the Fall, my child will be an incoming Freshman at @umassamherst.bsky.social!

We recently pre-registered an updated version of a Childhood Suicide Ideation Interview. osf.io/nuq93

Free access available for the next 50 days via this link: authors.elsevier.com/c/1klo26gdZS...

Proud of this @huntercollege.bsky.social MA student and @thegraduatecenter.bsky.social doctoral student from our lab for presenting their research at a conference this past weekend!

Submission deadline has been extended to Feb 24th!

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New paper on differences in reporting suicide ideation and attempts by adolescents, depending on question. Data collected by our Hunter/ @cuny.edu lab, in collaboration w/NYC H+H. Paper led by pediatrician Alex Huttle, a Health Equity Fellow at Weill Cornell. www.academicpedsjnl.net/article/S187...

Submissions to the Big Apple
Health Psychology Colloquium are open until January 31st. Conference is March 23rd!

Thanks to @acamh.bsky.social for the opportunity to talk about adolescent suicide ideation and cognitions, along with some of the research we do in our lab: bit.ly/42tn5SK

First article from our National Queer Women's Mental Health Cohort Study with @ericschrimshaw.bsky.social published in Qualitative Research in Medicine and Healthcare presents findings regarding lived experiences of NSSI disclosure. www.pagepressjournals.org/qrmh/article...

Social Roots of Youth Suicide: Interview with Anna Mueller, PhD

The December surprise you've been waiting for. Episode 142 dropped TODAY! I had a great conversation with @annamueller.bsky.social about the work she and @sethabrutyn.bsky.social did in Poplar Grove to understand the social roots of youth suicide and what we can do about them. #SuicidePrevention

New paper by Lillian Polanco-Roman, Sharifa Williams, & Ana Ortin-Peralta on state-level structural racism and suicide ideation and attempts among adolescents. www.jaacap.org/article/S089...

Racism’s Mental Toll | Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study at Harvard University The link between race disparities and physical health has long been recognized, yet researchers have been skeptical about that link extending to mental health. Lillian Polanco-Roman is working to chan...

Great profile of the work of my colleague Lillian Polanco-Roman (on racism and suicide) by the Radcliffe Institute. www.radcliffe.harvard.edu/news-and-ide...

One of the highlights of my work week was watching this lab meeting unfold, as organized by @sarahrosesullivan.bsky.social, with support from our lab manager; and watching the engagement among our doctoral students, MA students, postbaccs, & undergrads.